In-Person Workshops

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However, masks are no longer required for most workshops, though students and instructors are welcome to wear one if they wish.

 

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Workshops: In-Person
Type Title Instructor Summary Status
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 1, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 1, 2023, 5:30 PM
Nina Zeininger

This, the first of our Core Bookbinding series, introduces students to the craft with the Coptic stitch, one of the earliest structures in binding.

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 1, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 1, 2023, 5:30 PM
Brian Ferrett

Dig in to the tradition and history of letterpress printing and get your hands dirty. Learn about the process and practice of setting type while printing your own cards.

Open
Binding
Sessions: 2
Start: Sunday, October 1, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Monday, October 2, 2023, 5:30 PM
Michael Burke

A strong, durable book made from quality materials, appropriate for beginning bookbinders.

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 4
Start: Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, October 6, 2023, 5:30 PM
Thea Sizemore

The four class Cylinder Core Certificate Program allows students to quickly learn letterpress basics and become certified to rent studio time.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 7:30 PM
Tim Svenonius

Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session.

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 5:30 PM
Alan Hillesheim

Build your letterpress skills: learn advanced justification, typesetting, and composition. Put it all together to print a broadside of your own design.

Open
Binding Core Curriculum
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 8, 2023, 5:30 PM
Brian Lieske

Protect your prints and books in elegant clamshell presentation boxes.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 11:00 AM
End: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 5:00 PM
Stephanie Jucker

Create a kaleidoscopic accordion book inspired by the symmetry of mandalas.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 8, 2023, 12:00 PM
End: Sunday, October 8, 2023, 5:00 PM
Brian Ferrett

Learn to print your own charming postcards on our small-format tabletop presses.

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Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 5
Start: Monday, October 9, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Friday, October 13, 2023, 5:30 PM
Juliayn Coleman

Our Bookbinding Core Certificate Program introduces students to four different binding models, leading them through the history and evolution of bookmaking.

Open
Arts
Sessions: 2
Start: Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 9:00 PM
Bettina Pauly

In this hybrid online/in-person workshop, students will build a paper "plate" or matrix, then ink and print an edition from their assemblage.

Open
Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 9:00 PM
Madison Gordon

If you’ve ever been curious about how to make a book, Introduction to Bookbinding is the place to start. One workshop, five booklets!

Open
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 14, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, October 14, 2023, 5:30 PM
Nina Zeininger

In this second Core Bookbinding class, students will create what most of us refer to as a hardbound book. In bookbinding terms, it is known as a case binding.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 14, 2023, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, October 14, 2023, 5:00 PM
Dorothy Yuki

A book structure with personality built into the cover, buttonhole books allow for exposed sewing and decorative cuts that give a window from the outside in.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 15, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 15, 2023, 5:30 PM
Meri Brin

This class introduces Monotype, the only printmaking technique where the end result is a single unique print. Students will experiment and explore this technique while printing on a Vandercook press.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 15, 2023, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, October 15, 2023, 5:00 PM
Bettina Pauly

Explore the unique capabilities and three-dimensional movement of the flag book—a structure composed of crisscrossing “flags” or small pages attached to an accordion-folded spine.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, October 19, 2023, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, October 19, 2023, 9:30 PM
Robin Weinert

This class introduces the process, the materials, the machines, and the satisfaction of printing by hand on a Cylinder proof press.

Open
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 21, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, October 21, 2023, 5:30 PM
Nina Zeininger

In this second Core Bookbinding class, students will create what most of us refer to as a hardbound book. In bookbinding terms, it is known as a case binding.

Open
Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 21, 2023, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, October 21, 2023, 5:00 PM
Elaine Chu

Sew your own unique journal with embellishments.

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Binding Core Curriculum
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 22, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 22, 2023, 5:30 PM
Clair Emma Smith

This course will introduce the student familiar with bookbinding to key practices within basic book repair.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 22, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 22, 2023, 3:00 PM
Paula Gloistein

'Tis the season to send some cards! Get an introduction to letterpress printing on cylinder presses while creating personalized and original holiday stationery.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 28, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, October 28, 2023, 5:30 PM
Pietro Accardi

In this introductory class, student will gain a basic understanding of the history, techniques, tools, and styles of European marbling.

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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, October 28, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, October 28, 2023, 5:30 PM
Brian Lieske

Build a decorative box that is its own magic trick. This box has three compartments, but only one or two are visible at a time.

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Arts
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, October 28, 2023, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, November 4, 2023, 5:00 PM
Tim Svenonius

Imagine a personal history made up of maps and charts. What stories would yours tell? In this workshop you'll create a suite of maps, charts, and graphs to make your own autobiographical atlas.

Open
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 29, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 29, 2023, 5:30 PM
Nina Zeininger

In this second Core Bookbinding class, students will create what most of us refer to as a hardbound book. In bookbinding terms, it is known as a case binding.

Open
Binding Core Curriculum
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 29, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 29, 2023, 5:30 PM
Juliayn Coleman

This introduction to leatherwork for bookbinding covers the tools and techniques commonly used in leather bookbinding today.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, October 29, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, October 29, 2023, 5:30 PM
Pietro Accardi

Learn to make a multi-compartment box, perfect for storing sewing supplies or other small tools.

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, November 2, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Thursday, November 2, 2023, 9:00 PM
Alan Hillesheim

Discover how to dampen paper, use bearers, and finesse rubber-and oil-based inks on Cylinder and Jobbing Platen Presses for better ink coverage and control.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, November 4, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, November 4, 2023, 5:30 PM
Lisa Rappoport

Increase your letterpress versatility: learn to set up the press, refine your registration skills, and run an edition of your own small poster!

Open
Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, November 4, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, November 4, 2023, 5:30 PM
Ivar Diehl

Make a leather-covered cylinder box with a slip-fit lid.

Open
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, November 5, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, November 5, 2023, 5:30 PM
Clair Emma Smith

In centuries past, books were sometimes sewn onto cords and then laced into soft covers before being bound. In this class students will bind a book employing thick paper as a folded and laced wrapper.

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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Monday, November 6, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Monday, November 6, 2023, 9:00 PM
Bettina Pauly

If you’ve ever been curious about how to make a book, Introduction to Bookbinding is the place to start. One workshop, five booklets!

Open
Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 7:30 PM
Tim Svenonius

Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session.

Open
Binding Core Curriculum
Sessions: 3
Start: Friday, November 10, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, November 12, 2023, 5:30 PM
Juliayn Coleman

While bookbinding and book repair share many skills and techniques, they are also distinct pursuits. This course is intended to introduce the student familiar with bookbinding to key practices within basic book repair.

Open
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, November 11, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, November 11, 2023, 5:30 PM
Nina Zeininger

In centuries past, books were sometimes sewn onto cords and then laced into soft covers before being bound. In this class students will bind a book employing thick paper as a folded and laced wrapper.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, November 11, 2023, 12:00 PM
End: Saturday, November 11, 2023, 5:00 PM
Thea Sizemore

A rare family workshop at SFCB! Adults and kids will work together to create designs and print their creations.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, November 12, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, November 12, 2023, 5:30 PM
Alan Hillesheim

Increase your letterpress versatility: learn to set up the press, refine your registration skills, and run an edition of your own small poster!

Open
Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, November 12, 2023, 11:00 AM
End: Sunday, November 12, 2023, 3:00 PM
Stephanie Jucker

Is it a book, is it a sculpture, is it a toy? When using the Ziggurat Fold you can create something that is all three, and more. In this class we’ll use its intriguing mathematical quality to create a castle-like structure that expands from flat to 3D.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Thursday, November 16, 2023, 6:30 PM
End: Thursday, November 16, 2023, 9:30 PM
Brian Ferrett

This class introduces the process, the materials, the machines, and the satisfaction of printing by hand on a Cylinder proof press.

Open
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, November 18, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, November 19, 2023, 9:30 PM
Clair Emma Smith

The final class in our Core Bookbinding series uses skills learned in each previous class to create a beautiful and classic rounded back cloth binding.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, November 18, 2023, 10:00 AM
End: Saturday, November 18, 2023, 4:00 PM
Bettina Pauly

Is your pasta machine taking up too much space in the kitchen? Move it to your studio instead and learn how to use it for printing small dry-point prints.

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Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, November 19, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, November 19, 2023, 5:30 PM
Paula Gloistein

Learn to print from photopolymer plates in this final Core course; walk away with a stack of stationery featuring digital artwork printed from polymer plates.

Open
Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, November 25, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, November 25, 2023, 5:30 PM
Pietro Accardi

In this introductory class, student will gain a basic understanding of the history, techniques, tools, and styles of European marbling.

Open
Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, November 26, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, November 26, 2023, 5:30 PM
Pietro Accardi

This marbling lab takes the art of traditional paper marbling to a new level by introducing metallics to the pigments normally used and experimenting with over-marbling techniques.

Open
Printing Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, December 2, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, December 2, 2023, 5:30 PM
Brian Ferrett

Learn to print from photopolymer plates in this final Core course; walk away with a stack of stationery featuring digital artwork printed from polymer plates.

Open
Binding Core Curriculum
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, December 2, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, December 3, 2023, 5:30 PM
Juliayn Coleman

After taking Orientation to Leather, put your paring skills to use in making this simple and elegant leather binding.

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Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, December 3, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, December 3, 2023, 5:30 PM
Lisa Rappoport

Learn to set type and print on the Vandercook cylinder press; use your newfound knowledge to print a lampshade to light up your home.

Open
Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 7:30 PM
Tim Svenonius

Join us for a monthly community drawing meetup with new exercises each session.

Open
Binding Core Curriculum, Certificate Program
Sessions: 2
Start: Saturday, December 9, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, December 10, 2023, 5:30 PM
Clair Emma Smith

The final class in our Core Bookbinding series uses skills learned in each previous class to create a beautiful and classic rounded back cloth binding.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, December 9, 2023, 1:00 PM
End: Saturday, December 9, 2023, 5:00 PM
Leigh McLellan

Colorful and fun, this method of decorating paper is easy to learn and the papers created can be used for many purposes.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, December 10, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Sunday, December 10, 2023, 5:30 PM
Bettina Pauly

Spend a day creating your own fun and versatile box that can be used as a shadow display box or a traditional puzzle box with beads.

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Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Monday, December 11, 2023, 6:00 PM
End: Monday, December 11, 2023, 9:00 PM
Bettina Pauly

If you’ve ever been curious about how to make a book, Introduction to Bookbinding is the place to start. One workshop, five booklets!

Open
Printing
Sessions: 1
Start: Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 6:30 PM
End: Tuesday, December 12, 2023, 9:30 PM
Brian Ferrett

This class introduces the process, the materials, the machines, and the satisfaction of printing by hand on a Cylinder proof press.

Open
Binding
Sessions: 1
Start: Saturday, December 16, 2023, 9:30 AM
End: Saturday, December 16, 2023, 5:30 PM
Juliayn Coleman

Hey you, finicky readers out there! Tired of having to wrestle with your beloved books as you read them? This class is for you. In this workshop, we will take a paperback book and transform it into something more durable and easier to flex and open.

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Arts
Sessions: 1
Start: Sunday, December 17, 2023, 10:00 AM
End: Sunday, December 17, 2023, 4:00 PM
Solange Roberdeau

Featured in the Crown Point Press publication, “The Magical Secrets of Chine Collé”, this workshop will introduce students to a 
contemporary approach to the traditional technique of gilding.

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